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"River loved to dance," he said softly. "There wasn't a step she couldn't learn in minutes." He half-closed his eyes as he thought about it while simultaneously trying not to think about it. He'd go mad with worry if he kept this up.

Simon shook his head, but it wasn't like he could actively argue against her statement. River meant everything to him, and she was his family. He also guessed extreme self-sacrifice really wasn't that common. "I don't ... really think of myself that way," he said. "I just ... she had to get out and my parents weren't taking me seriously. I had to save her. No matter what it cost. She ... she would have done the same for me."

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